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Umbusi Othenjisiweyo Ovela EBhethilehema
1 Hlomisa amabutho akho, wena dolobho lamabutho,
ngoba sesivinjezelwe.
Bazatshaya umbusi wako-Israyeli
esihlathini ngomqwayi.
2 “Kodwa wena Bhethilehema Efrathi,
lanxa umncinyane phakathi kwezizwana zakoJuda,
kuwe kuzavela
ozakuba ngumbusi wako-Israyeli,
omdabuko wakhe ngowasekadeni,
kusukela ezikhathini zendulo.”
3 Ngakho u-Israyeli uzadelwa
kuze kube yisikhathi sokuthi lowo ohelelwayo abelethe,
laba abafowabo bonke baphenduke
ukuzahlangana labako-Israyeli.
4 Uzakuma eluse umhlambi wakhe
ngamandla kaThixo,
ngobukhosi bebizo likaThixo uNkulunkulu wakhe.
Bazahlala ngokuvikeleka, ngoba lapho
udumo lwakhe luzafika emikhawulweni yomhlaba.
5 Uzakuba yikuthula kwabo.
Ukukhululwa Lokuchithwa
Lapho umʼAsiriya ehlasela ilizwe lethu
edabula phakathi kwezinqaba zethu,
sizamvusela abelusi abayisikhombisa,
kanye labakhokheli babantu abayisificaminwembili.
6 Bazabusa ilizwe lase-Asiriya ngenkemba,
ilizwe likaNimrodi behlome ngenkemba,
uzasikhulula kumʼAsiriya
lapho ehlasela ilizwe lethu
engena phakathi kwemingcele yethu.
7 Insalela zabakoJakhobe zizakuba
phakathi kwezizwe ezinengi
njengamazolo avela kuThixo,
lanjengemkhizo phezu kotshani,
okungalindeli muntu
kumbe kuhlalele abantu.
8 Insalela zabakoJakhobe zizakuba phakathi kwezizwe,
phakathi kwabantu abanengi,
njengesilwane phakathi kwezinyamazana zegusu,
lanjengeguqa lesilwane phakathi komhlambi wezimvu,
esidlithizayo sidabule ekuhambeni kwaso,
kungekho ongahlenga.
9 Isandla sakho sizaphakanyiselwa phezulu ngokunqoba izitha zakho,
njalo zonke izitha zakho zizachithwa.
10 “Ngalolosuku,” kutsho uThixo,
“ngizabhubhisa amabhiza enu phakathi kwenu
ngibhidlize lezinqola zenu zempi.
11 Ngizachitha amadolobho elizwe lenu
ngibhidlize lezinqaba zenu zonke.
12 Ngizachitha ubuthakathi benu
njalo kalisayikukhunkula futhi.
13 Ngizachitha izithombe zenu ezabazwayo
lamatshe enu okukhonza phakathi kwenu;
kalisayi kuwukhothamela futhi
umsebenzi wezandla zenu.
14 Ngizasiphula phakathi kwenu izinsika zenu zika-Ashera,
ngidilize lamadolobho enu.
15 Ngizaphindisela ngentukuthelo
langolaka ezizweni ezingangilalelanga.”